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Re: [Spridgets] Rear brake Beehive spring / Steady spring

To: Lester <oldsaabguy@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Rear brake Beehive spring / Steady spring
From: Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 11:07:11 -0500
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, Yahoo Spridget list <midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com>
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I donâ??t recall. Installing is facilitated by needlenose vise grips as a 
handle/plunger. 

Ron Soave

> On Sep 22, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Lester via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Good Morning all,
> 
> so I noticed that a rear tire was low.  A few weeks later I went to fill it 
> with air.  It had come loose from the rim, and mud daubers (wasp here in the 
> South) had built a nest between the tire and rim.  
> 
> Off comes the rim, this reveals a streak of brake fluid down the tire and a 
> puddle on the driveway.  This caused me to remove the shoes but first, I had 
> to remove that damned spring.  When last I installed these, I stumbled on the 
> fact that there is the easy way to install them and a hard way.  The hard way 
> takes 30 minutes and a lot of cursing an prying while the easy way takes 
> seconds.  does anyone remember my easy way?  I sure donâ??t.  I vaguely 
> recall that if you just push the spring in oriented the correct way it snaps 
> on to the fitting on the backing plate.  But of course I donâ??t remember 
> what that orientation is although it â??looks likeâ?? the hook in the spring 
> should be pointed outwards.
> 
> What say you all?
> 
> TIA,Lester
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